25 random Blackpool retro photos of shops, streets and people in the 1990s
By Claire Lark
Published 7th Dec 2023, 09:37 BST
Updated 14th Feb 2024, 10:45 BST
These great photos from the 1990s bring into focus places, people and faces from the decade of the 90s.
Street scenes and long lost shops, Coronation Street stars, the first flights out of Blackpool Airport and one important remnant salvaged from the Fun House fire wrap up the decade.
Anthony Wedgwood Benn (1925 - 2014, right) and Jeremy Corbyn (centre) at the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool, UK, 1992. (Photo by Steve Eason/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Photo: Steve Eason
Escapologist John Roberto braved his winds at Blackpool to herald a top magic convention - hanging in a straitjacket 75ft above the ground on a burning rope. John - who escaped in the nick of time - was one of several artists who gave an impromptu free show on Blackpol Promenade. John is pictured above with Derek Lever, president of Blackpool Magicians Club, and convention organiser Tom Owen Photo: National World